Sail

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1. Noun

An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water.

2. Noun

Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.

3. Noun

A wing; a van.

4. Noun

The extended surface of the arm of a windmill.

5. Noun

A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.

6. Noun

A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.

7. Noun

To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by the action of steam or other power.

8. Noun

To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl.

9. Noun

To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton.

10. Noun

To set sail; to begin a voyage.

11. Noun

To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird.

12. Verb

To pass or move upon, as in a ship, by means of sails; hence, to move or journey upon (the water) by means of steam or other force.

13. Verb

To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through.

14. Verb

To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship.

15. Noun

any structure that resembles a sail
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